Congenital hip dislocation
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Hi everybody, i am 30 year old girl with congenital hip dislocation, and i had 3 operations when i was 2 years old. Now doctors told me that i can do the THO, but because i have no pain at all, i am not sure if the operation would be usefull for me or not?
if you were me, would you do the operation just to decrease limitation of motion, when you had no pain?
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sarah1996 sara1364
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sara1364 sarah1996
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what would you do if you had no pain?
sarah1996 sara1364
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sara1364 sarah1996
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it seems 'pain' is the most important reason...
wish you long happy life without any pain.
sarah1996 sara1364
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laura04216 sara1364
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sara1364 laura04216
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so you mean i hold as log as i can.....
laura04216 sara1364
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good luck to you xx
sara1364 laura04216
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fortunately i dont use any analgesicks now....
i completely can understand your complications,i think all of us would have it before the operation.
wish you good and short recovery and happy long life after that.... :x
SJCabes sara1364
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I would wait until you are in pain or the joint starts deteriorating, unless the limitations are really effecting your quality of life.
I had the same as a child and have lived with limitations, however recently have had more and more pain so decided to go for the hip replacement.
The recovery has been a lot harder than I expected and as there as so many risks involved, in my opinion if you can live with it then wait a little longer.
Good luck with your decision.
Sarah
sara1364 SJCabes
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thank u so much honey for your reply. the recovery is one of the things im worry about, thanks for saying about it....
as you said, some of the limitations have been with me from the childhood, so i know what to do with them, but taking new risks because of the operation, maybe make some new limitationas which are strange for me....
thanks again and be happy and healthy in all your life.
Tech78 sara1364
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I too suffered from CDH and had my first replacement at 30 so our stories are very similar. I was in a lot of pain, taking around 12 tablets a day to manage it and it was causing me to become very depressed, I couldn't even put my own socks on.
For me the op wasn't a massive success and I've two revisions in the space of 5 years but I wouldn't change anything. I no longer take tablets, and very rarely have pain, putting socks on is still an issue but I'm working on it.
Whatever you decide be prepared to be for a complete roller coaster of emotions.
sara1364 Tech78
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happy for you to get no more analgesticks, and im sure it is a good reason for you to do your best to get better and better....
your last sentence would be a highlight for me, whenever i decide to do the thr,
thanks alot for your reply and have a happy long life....
Kikeena sara1364
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sara1364 Kikeena
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"begging for it"! what a helpful sentence....
this sentence really does alot for me,
many many thanks and i wish you the best......